And the tart's handbag award goes to......

Originally Posted by northwind

When I come to sell it, if I ever do, I've still got all the stock bits It'll go back to standard and the bits will go in "For Sale"

Hurry up and sell the bloody thing then

fair enough, fair enough

i can see why i guess, i still think the amount of money some people must have spent still seems well OTT, but each to their own.

for all i know i might have the most modded sv known to man in 5 years

[northwind]

Originally Posted by BigApe

Hurry up and sell the bloody thing then

To you mate, £5000

if you don't crash it first :P

*touches wood*

Originally Posted by Wiltshire7

fair enough, fair enough

i can see why i guess, i still think the amount of money some people must have spent still seems well OTT, but each to their own.

for all i know i might have the most modded sv known to man in 5 years

The reason I bought my SV was that it was reasonably cheap, it was good looking & reasonably quick but most of all, wouldn't cost me both arma and a leg to insure it!!

I modified mine a little. Bit-by-bit.
I always did one mod at a time & that's why I could afford to do it.
Granted, if I bought everything at once I could no way have justified it!!

[BoltonSte]

Still in progress, but I believe that by the time I'm finished.......hopefully some time in the spring I will have:

The front seat
Headlight bracket
Frame
Rear plastic
Grab rail
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Left not modded

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Originally Posted by Wiltshire7

has anyone worked out the total cost of their bike plus mods? seems to me its not worth modding a bike tot he extent some people have, might as well buy a better bike to start with....

want a faster bike? dont get an sv650, get a sports bike or a thou
what a full faired bike? why buy an sv?

maybe i just dont get it ive got a different can now, seat cowl and hamicad. but i cant see the point in going much further. i love the way the sv looks, thats one of the reasons i bought it. and its fast enough for me. if i had the money (which some people have spent) and wanted a faster bike, i wouldnt buy an sv.

dont get me wrong, i love it. but i cant see why people change it until its almost completly a different bike.

After all the money I've spent on a new SV and the moding, it still cost alot less than say, a sports 600... especialy if you take into account insurance

Ok the SV is never going to match a sports 600s power, but a modded SV with upgraded brakes, suspension, smoothed engine etc is half way there for alot less money

Cost???

Originally Posted by Grinch

Halfords 'High Vison' H4 Bulbs, £30
Motrax Arrow indicators, £15x2
Iridium Screen, £50
K2 pre-load adjusters, £50 (with spacers)
Progressive suspension springs & 15w oil, £75
Titanium Caliper bolts Front & Back, £20 + £10
Titanium Fork clamp bolts, £23
Air Horn, £10 for all the parts and wiring
Bar end sliders, £5
R&G Crash bungs, £75
Probolt Engine bolt kit, £33
(Forgot) Set of 10mm Sprocket Nuts £14.99
BT020 front and Back, £185
Lowered Seat, £30
Pyramid Seat Cowl, £100
Pyramid Bell pan, £100
Undertray, £35
Hugger, £30
Hel Brake lines, £65
Swingarm Bobbins, £12
Purple Valve caps, free
Fender extender, £12
Art Twin Port Rainbow Iridium Slipon, £220
LED brake light strip, £12
Rosmoto rearsets, £100 second hand
One less tooth in the rear renthal sprocket & Tsubaki Gold chain, £120 ish?? (with replaced front sprocket)
Engine Retard removed. Free

In garage to do:
2WheelJunkie Front mudguard, £35
LED lighting for 'V' of bike and shock, £20, led's and wire
Lube Man. £12

Total £1514

[northwind]

The other thing is, I already have an SV. If I want a bike with better suspension, I can spend £400 fitting all the Ohlins bits, or I can sell the SV and probably get £2K or so for it, and have lost out £600 on that deal, and then go and buy another bike. Economically it's better to upgrade.

Also, IMHO, the Sv's a fantastic bike with a couple of drawbacks- suspension mainly. You can get an SV and fix the suspension with top noth parts for far less than it'd cost to get a better, equivalent-age-and-condition bike.

And lastly, this is my personal favourite effect... Last time I was up at knockhill, in the mornign I was the lone SV among various race bikes, race rep 600s, supersports 400s, litre twins... And I got the **** taken out of me slightly, until people noticed details, like the ohlins shock, the full system (at this point I'd quietly say "and it's all titanium, as well", and then they'd usually be a bit more impressed

im quite suprised people would take the **** for having an sv, did they get a race rep as a first bike?